Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The Last Dead Nazi

Heinrich Boere, known Nazi, known murderer, known collaborator with the filthiest tide to ever wash up on the human shore, is dead. He was not the worst of them, but he was willingly one of them. He did not die free, but in fetters on a prison bed without even his own mind left to him. More than some would say it was a better death than he deserved. Most would say that justice, at least to some degree, was finally served....

In my own way, I mourn the passing of Heinrich Boere. Not because of what he believed or what he did; were I able, I would spit on his grave...and then light a candle, and stand a vigil, because Heinrich Boere is important to us all. When men like Heinrich Boere die, we are one step closer to forgetting that men like him lived at all, one step closer to forgetting that party-sponsored murder gangs like the Waffen SS ever existed, one step closer to forgetting that hate-fueled thuggery thrives in economic chaos, can take over, and can wreak bloody havoc.

When men like Heinrich Boere die, we are one step closer to having men like Heinrich Boere among us again, because we forget what they did when they are gone, and by forgetting, we allow them to live again. Sooner or later, inevitably, they rise when we forget....

It was George Santayana who said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Heinrich Boere is dead. Long live Heinrich Boere.

Do not forget him. If we do, we will have to do him all over again. And again. And again.

And again.

If it was up to me, neo-Nazis and those who, by any name, espouse Nazi thought or display Nazi symbols would be shot on sight, 1st Amendment be damned.

2 comments:

What chills me most about the whole new-Nazi thing is the relationship with American Klansmen. My father, as he aged and saw things in his country that frightened him, began to slide from his casual 50's era racism further to Klan ideals. One of the worst arguments of my adult life was one with him, as he drunkenly proclaimed that the Klan had "learned"…from some "smarter neo-Nazis" tht the open shit, parades and speeches did NOT work. The new plan was to send the young for training in the military, and then move them silently up the political ranks where the real power was withOUT ever revealing their inner beliefs. Knowing what truths came from his drunken mouth that night have made me want to drink every since!

This plague is far from over. The Nazis are gone but their toxins live on in likes of Ted Cruz, Rush Limbaugh, and Michelle Bachmann (among many, many others). It's become a sorry game of Whack-a-Mole in dealing with these vermin.

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